Shloka 269

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि गोकपिलीये एकोनसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें गोकापिलीयोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ उनहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi gokapilīye ekonasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parva e, em particular, da seção Mokṣa-dharma, conclui-se o capítulo conhecido como Gokapilīya — sendo este o capítulo duzentos e sessenta e nove. (Trata-se de um colofão que assinala o fim do capítulo, e não de um verso doutrinal proferido.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan (section)

गोकपिलीयेin (the section) called Gokapilīya

एकोनसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 269th (two-hundred-and-sixty-ninth)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Gokapilīya (Gokāpila-upākhyāna)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon that signals the completion of the chapter; it does not itself present a new teaching. Its function is to locate the discourse within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section and to mark the end of the Gokapilīya episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative/discourse attributed to the Gokapilīya section has concluded, and the text formally closes the chapter by naming the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter count (269th).